Potato grater



F. KIEKUTIS.

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FELIKSAS KIEK'UTIS, O18 LAWRENCE, IMASSACHUSETTS.

POTATO (ii-EATER.

Application filed March 8,

To all whom it may co a-corn:

Be it known that I, Fnmnsns KrExUTIs, a citizen of Lithuania,"residing at Lawrence, county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Potato Graters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vegetable graters, particularly potato graters.

It is the principal object of the invention to provide a grater of improved construction and combination of parts in which the potatoes are fed to the grater under pressure and thereafter quickly and easily removed. a

A further object of the invention is the provision of a grater which contains storage bins for the potatoes and which allows a locking of the pressure means.

Other objects ano advantages of my invention will become more fully apparent as the description ithereof proceeds and will then be specifically pointed out in the ap pended claim.

In the accompanying drawings I have disclosed a preferred form of my invention as illustrating the same by way of example.

In these drawings,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a grater constructed according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through part of a grater on an enlarged scale, the section being taken on line 33 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is an inner detail view of the fastening spider for the grater sleeve.

The grater, as illustrated, comprises a'box of any suitable material having a plu rality of compartments, for instance a lower drawer 11 having at its front a handle or grip 12, and two upper compartments 13 and 14 serving as storage bins for the potatoes to be grated. These compartments are closed on top by covers 15 and 16 respectively which are hinged to the box cover as at 17 and 18, and are provided at their front edges with metal angle irons or hands 19 and 20 respectively, the lower ends of which are perforated to allow the passage of pins 21 for keeping the covers looked.

The central compartment 22 is extended towards one side to form a chamber 23 closed 1921. Serial 1%. 450,809.

by a door 24 which is fastened in closed position by an angle iron or band 25 held in position by the engagement of its end a hand 28 having openings 29 adapted to engage pins 30 of a spider 31, is secured to pailcl spider by meansof a so-called bayonet This spider 31 is rotatably secured to a shaft 32 extending through the outer, somewhatextended wall33 of the box 10 and carrying at its outer end a gear 34 in mesh with a gear 35 on a stub shaft 36 journaled m the extension wall 33 and in mesh with a large gear 37, adapted to be operated by a crank 38, said gear 37 is secured to a shaft 39 journaled in the box 10.

The forward end of the grater sleeve 27 is supported by a semi-circular band 40 pivotally secured at its upper ends as at 41 to the inner wall of the box.

The potatoes to be grated are fed to the I grater 27 through a feed box 42 and pressed against the grater 27 by means of a head sliding vertically in guides 44 at the ijnner walls of an upper extension 45 of the I OX.

This head 43 is moved up and down by means of a pair of bars 46 secured with their lower ends to said head and extended through a top plate 47 of the extension 45, the upper ends of which are united by a cross-piece or handle 48 provided with a ring 49.

Between the under face of the plate 47 and the upper face of the head spiral springs 50 are wound around the bars 46. The bars are provided with notches in their inner faces for the reception of the ends of a loeking latch 51 pivoted to the top of plate as at 52 so that the head can be'locked in its elevated position for allowing a feeding of the potatoes to the box 42. Handles or rings 53 are provided at the end walls of the box for allowing a convenient transportation of the same.

It will be clear that changesmay be made in the general arrangement and construction of the minor details of my grater without deviating from the scope and spirit thereof.

The operation of the device will be quite clear from the above description and it is therefore believed that the same need not be further described in detail.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- In a potato grater of the character described comprising a box having an upper xtension, guides at the inner Walls of said extension ahead sliding Vertically in said guides a pair of bars secured to said head and extended through the top plate of said extension, a crosspiece unitlngthe upper adapted to engage said'notches for looking said head in its uppermost position against the action of said springs for allowing a feeding of the material to be grated. to the grater. e a

In testimony whereotl have aflixed my signature.

FELIKSAS KIEKUTIS. 

